Two older girls came dressed up as Mario and Luigi (super cute outfits), one had a plunger, so I jokingly say “I’ve got this toilet inside that’s clogged”, and they looked at me blankly. I had to explain my joke, which makes it not funny. I feel like @diedrichbader would understand this.

“deploy troops nationwide to counter civil unrest on short notice”. Something is planned that will make people take to the streets, otherwise why train National Guard this way?

Games. USDA has a contingency plan with funding. They have a document. They took it off their website yesterday. They know exactly how to do it.

What the hell?

Heads up

Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

The Trump administration is taking steps to roll back state laws that protect consumers from having medical debt appear on their credit reports. The move could impact millions of Americans already struggling with unpaid medical bills. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

This is why I still wear a mask in stores.

From the Godfather of AI www.instagram.com/reel/DMX84KT...

Do you have gift cards you haven't used that can be used to buy groceries? Grocery stores, WalMart, Target, Amazon (can order to pick up at Whole Foods), warehouse clubs This is a good time to call the social worker at your local school and see if families have need.

“No one had the courage to speak to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.” Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility bsky.app/profile/rich... "Christians":

Every church should be doing this, and if your church isn’t, you’re at the wrong church.

Running against @RepTimBurchett 👇🏽 🎯

WTAF! Opening fire with kids in the car! If this isn’t grounds for termination, nothing will be!

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine. My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Sen. Van Hollen: Donald Trump and Russell Vought are now threatening to end the food and nutrition benefits – this is the SNAP benefits – in just a few days, which will make 42M Americans including 16M kids hungry. The thing that every American needs to understand is they are doing this deliberately

Why, just why? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Hegseth announces 14 dead in Pacific military strike on alleged drug boats - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/venezuela-26... American terrorism on the high seas

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on "matters of design and aesthetics." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

AI centers are unsustainable. A million or more gallons of water per day, not to mention pollution.

NEW CASE: Here is the multistate SNAP lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts. The case — Massachusetts et al. v. U.S. Dep't of Agriculture et al. — has been assigned to Judge Indira Talwani (Obama). Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... TRO memo: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Studies show that when families who receive SNAP benefits have an able bodied adult, 89% of the time this person is employed Which indicates many corporations don’t pay workers a living wage-and are thus subsidized by SNAP-yet somehow Republicans never mention this when they cry about “socialism”

Send loving energy their way. It’s a big one. 🙏🏻❤️ abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

And people wonder why the GOP does not care about their constituents..... The House Republicans Getting Rich Off Trump’s Big ugly greedy Bill newrepublic.com/article/2016... via @newrepublic.com

A country that puts perfectly good food in the dumpster instead of giving it to people who need it is messed up.

Because it’s not bad enough yet.

Cannot express enough appreciation for the teams *flying through a hurricane* while not being paid.

Omg

Melissa, now with sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/hr) and capable of gusts to 260+ mph (425+ km/hr) on windward hilltops, 40" (1000 mm) of rain, and a 13 ft (4 m) storm surge, has started the feared turn to the northwest. First NW then north is the forecast. #Jamaica #HurricaneAlert

So I ask once again…why haven’t they gone after Bluesky? Absolutely no mention of it.

Explosions are being reported near Moscow for the second night in a row as Ukrainian strike drones target the capital and rear areas. Russian strategic and tactical aircraft are evacuating from airfields near Kubinka and Zhukovsky. Panic in the skies, again.

Heavily-sanctioned Russian oil giant Lukoil needs to sell off its foreign assets.

Dear Democratic Members of Congress: I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.

Georgia: Avian flu confirmed at commercial poultry farm in Gordon County www.fox5atlanta.com/news/avian-f...

We are at a LET THEM EAT CAKE MOMENT Oh the folly of ignoring history youtu.be/jFJNRo9tG2Q?...

Whoa www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Watching Gilligan’s Island like I did as a kid. Why did they bring sheets,a polo set,lots of clothes(chinchilla coat),and luggage,on a three hour tour? How did they all fit on that small boat? And why did the Howell’s not have a yacht of their own? And why weren’t Maryann and the Professor a couple?

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Ah, locals mention the federal court order here, which also requires agents to wear some identification. Also, quite an image in here: masked, fully-geared-out DHS agents getting screamed at in a residential neighborhood by some dude who is barefoot and in pajama pants.

They always do, remember the reporter that lost an eye?

Oof… they just keep coming.

"This is a signal." #Germany is actively preparing for war with #Russia 🇩🇪 Def Minister Pistorius announced that the conscription of young men would serve as a deterrent to the aggressor country Russia. The security of the entire country is at stake right now news.online.ua/en/this-is-a...

Farmers are destroying crops they can't sell due to trump's policies & tariffs while federal workers line up at food banks & SNAP gets cut. We have food rotting in fields & people going hungry, not because of scarcity, but because of trump's policies. He is trying to starve us into submission.

You feel it right? They’re trying to get the population angry/desperate enough to cause violence in order to declare martial law, do away with voting, make a president for life. Taking away food, healthcare, shelter, destroy parts of the White House/history are to create that. Help each other out.

Spread it around.

Is it like college basketball where they added 2” to our height for the programs?